Chivalry
well the knight and the king are both royalty and the knight is brave like the king. knights had chainmAIL AAnd so did lords. they were boyh vassals.blah blah blah sexy and i know it.
the Medieval Knight did not earn money. In return for his services to the lord or king, the knight would be payed by gaining land.
Depending of the knight's properties, if a knight had a castle he would live in his castle, if he had just a small house he would live in that house.If the knight was in service to a King or Lord than he would live at the King or Lord's court or wherever he was comanded to.
to serve the king and country always
Knights swore an oath of fealty to serve and protect their king, to uphold the code of chivalry, to defend the realm, and to be loyal and honorable in all their actions.
homage or loyalty
To be truthful
homage
A soldier who swore an oath to protect the people and land of a superior
Knights swore to protect their said lord with their life, to drive the evil-ones from the land and to fall in war with honor and courage in their hearts; I'm not really sure -what- the real swearing the Knights gave to their Kings.
They were nobility too and to become a knight a boy was sent to another noble family at age 7 and was trained. He became a knight at 21. A knight swore loyalty to the king and that he would give his life to protect him.
They were nobility too and to become a knight a boy was sent to another noble family at age 7 and was trained. He became a knight at 21. A knight swore loyalty to the king and that he would give his life to protect him.
Harold was touched by Edward the Confessor before he died, which Harold and the Witan took as a sign for him to become king. The problem was that before all of this Harold swore loyalty to William as his knight on a saint's bones. But, not many people knew about that.
Chivalry
King's Knight happened in 1986.
The Clergy swore loyalty to the Pope (apart from the king)